Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-27

directed TO remain at WORK. A commit
moHd on No. 4 express train, due at
Phlladelphia at 6 O'Clock, and endeavor to
| get the men to resume work o-morroW.n
The members of the board did not
seem TO regard the message when shown
IS being much of importance, said Mem
Der Lee.
at makes but little difference whether
the shop men go out or not. They can in
A general order for the men to
Tomorrow doubtless. The men in
The mining regions have signifed their
entire willingness to follow the action OF
the employees at Port Richmond. General
Superintendent STeigert thought that the
main line men would not strike, but he
found cut differently. The fight
the road. At present there is no
perceptible change in the situation. The
men, if anything, however, are more
sGeadfsst. Some nave sent Us word that
they will eat the boo1s on their feet before
"lik Give ld ClIf We WOA 5GslSl-
der till ne have to.''
Local Assembly 7007 had big meeting
this afternoon and endorsed the action OF
the employees convention in ordering
strike.
"There is 10 strike on the lires Of this
system" said s prominent olfcisl Of the
Reading company. ave discharged
FIVE crews and several other men
- ho va
for disobedieHce Of orders aod they will
never be taken back ag*in so long
a. tie present management Of
tbia company Continues. 'To
morroT morning." said the same
cfilci4l, every train that Is scheduled
c7ilI be moved, end it is not expected that
the services Of Eon-union men viii be re-
quired 10 effect II, for The Indications
are tbtS there will BE g liberal response
in the morning from the employees
OF the CONF any who will Woik, ard The
company takes the liberty to say that
those who desire 10 work viii be accom-
modGted and be given protection. II the
company Is compelled 10 secure eny
n0n-uRion labor that lAbor Will be given
permanent employment, and those whose
places they take will never De allowed
to again enter the service Of this COM
piDy"
Tls shipment of coal in transitis about
2G, coo tons. This will be moved to-
morrow. Four freight trains were
moved On the main line this
forenoon, ell manned by
Knights OF Labor. In the afternoon
another train was sent ont from Broad
and Csllow Hill streets, which
pretty well cleared up every
thing il the wsv of freight st
lh2t point, and CT iii ;ial informs US that
L shi;ter had gone to make up train to
clean up all freight st Willow street on
tie Bethlehem division. Three freight
trains were had leach way this morning. all
of them manned by Knights OF LABOR. A
freight train ran over the Chester branch
this forenoon and last night freight
trains between Park and Wayne
functions were handled es usual, and
g freight train was made upl
al Third and Berks streets the same even
ing by Knights OF Labor. We give the
Knights preference in awarding employ |
ment. as far as we can hear outside |
trains which were scheduled to run |
today ere moving. snd with crews |
who are Knights Of Labor except in one |
instance, in that one the engineer is !
nOn- union man. We do not believe the |
ruction extends beyond the five crews
which We discharged for disobedierce OF |
orders. There are rs, 900 persons employed |
by this corp 2-atiCp, 81 900 OF whom are
in the railroad service, and the re-
msinder are with the coal and |
iron company. We have no notice that
there is any dissatisfaction OF those in the
employ Of the coal and iron company.
and do not contemplate sny, for We Ger
tainly expect them to live up to their
agreement to resume woJk next yesr CT
the scale Of wages prevailing
when they were granted an al
vance in September last. They will
certainly be given notice Of auy advance
that the price Of cOsl may warrant. To-
morning, if the golfers do not re-
sumo work, we ehall certainly be very much
surprised. Among the railroad employees
we do not believe that there is dissatis-
faction amounting to per cent. of the
whole number so far as our information
goes.
An official of the company, when told
that there was en- agitation for eroisrG-
5ion or compromise, said thst there
1as nothing TO aT0itrate Or COM
promise. "The only question st stake"
le said, "is that the men have disobeyed
orders and they must remain discharged
The others have got TO work and do
Is they ere told or they won's be
allowed to stay where they are. All inst
he Reading Railroad Company asks is the
light TO run iUs own property. There is
10 question CT wages involved"
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